I rarely write reviews, especially on tire products, but I decided to write this one because my observations about this particular model might be useful to someone (there are very few detailed reviews of the Roadcruza RA 8000).
A bit of context: the tire size I had was 265/50 R20.
The place of operation was Moscow and the Moscow region (south)
I had no prior experience with RT-class tires (which the Roadcruza RA 8000 essentially belongs to), as well as AT, HT, or, God forbid, MT.
I purchased these tires in September 2025 and drove on them until the end of November 2025 (experiencing a bit of snow and ice).
Let's start with the positives:
- The tire has an aggressive, off-road, and brutal look (I bought these tires because of this external appearance), which far surpasses all other AT and HT tread patterns of more "urban" tires;
- Excellent passability (with a huge margin) on dirt, forests, and other off-road themes. Here, I have to admit that the tire's potential is many times higher than the potential of my stock car (Jetour t2), and I think that even investing several hundred thousand rubles in a new suspension, protection, brakes, etc., this tire would still surpass the car's capabilities (although the Jetour t2 is not a crossover and can do much more than you expect);
- The tire's wear resistance. My driving format was roughly as follows:
95% asphalt (of varying quality, from MKAD to construction site asphalt with stones, nails, potholes, and irregularities)
and 5% off-road driving (in the forest, in the mud, on grass, to a campsite with friends for several days, and on usual unpaved roads that are often found between private houses). And with this format, the tire wear is minimal: 1-2 mm (which is a big plus for me)
The tire performed best on stones (this is its element, in my opinion);
- It has good self-cleaning from mud and clay (well, it would be bad with such lugs);
- Increased physical comfort (subjectively) and a sense of permissiveness on these tires. I mean that driving over bumps, potholes, speed bumps, and other road irregularities, the car on these wheels became more gentle, and the suspension didn't work as hard (subjectively) as it did before (when I had the summer stock tires Giti Control P10 255/55 R20 110W).
The tire feels soft. I didn't notice any negative reviews about driving on puddles, etc. If you drive in a normal, civilian manner, there's not much difference from highway tires;
- Apparently, some sizes have the 3PMSF index (which allows using the tires in winter), but my tires didn't have it. The tire has M+S indices and, according to internet descriptions, is considered all-season.
I only drove on snow for a couple of days, and overall, it performed well on snow and night ice if you drive carefully. I didn't get to drive on deep snow and hard ice, as I switched to winter tires;
- The tire itself is very durable and not afraid of stones, cuts (including sidewall cuts), and other road hazards. You can read about its enhanced characteristics on any specialized website. However, you need to understand that this plus is the basis for all tires of this class;
- It balanced very well (the maximum weight added was 50-60 grams per wheel).
That's where the positives end, and the negatives begin (which, for me, outweighed all the positives and forced me to put these tires up for sale).
- Permanent acoustic discomfort at different speeds and driving conditions. I don't know who and under what circumstances writes that this tire has "acceptable noise," is not loud, etc. I think that these people generally don't have very high requirements for acoustic comfort, or their cars' noise from the wheels is overlapped by other noises. Having read such reviews, I purchased this set of tires, expecting the noise to be more or less acceptable. But alas, it's not. Despite my car having relatively good sound insulation in its class, and despite the fact that when I bought it, the door cards, wheel arches inside and out, the bottom of the car, and the trunk were additionally soundproofed, all this didn't help me come to terms with the hums of different tones at speeds from 30 km/h and above. This tire can hum both on good (recently paved) roads and on conditionally poor roads with potholes. I couldn't find a correlation between where it would hum and where it wouldn't. It always makes noise. A couple of times, I caught a whistling sound when I had to start moving quickly (in Moscow, this often happens when exiting onto a busy section). Before this, I wasn't familiar with whistling on cars.
Perhaps this minus was the most significant and painful for me personally. Since, first and foremost, it was because of the noise that I decided to sell the Roadcruza RA 8000 and buy something simpler from the AT range. After researching the internet, only after buying these tires did I realize that tires of THIS format CANNOT be quiet a priori. Maybe the reviews of people who write that it's not very noisy are comparing it to some other, even more aggressive and toothy MT tire (and in their judgments, they will be right. Here, it depends on what you're comparing it to).
The fact that this tire didn't suit me for my tasks and driving style and didn't meet my expectations is exclusively my problem, not the problem of the tire itself or the manufacturer. Only after meeting like-minded people on serious off-road terrain and delving deeper into the tire's philosophy did I understand that, in general, it's not noisy for its purposes and capabilities.
Only for this reason did I put 2 stars for noise, not one.
For me, driving on this tire is not comfortable enough that I'm willing to change it (I'm afraid to imagine how people drive on something more serious and aggressive).
Moving on to the other, less significant minuses for me:
- Increased wheel weight (who would have thought!). Obviously, increased durability doesn't come out of nowhere. I understand that this minus is obvious, but I couldn't help but mention it, as it affects many things. I personally didn't weigh the wheels, but from open sources, you can establish that the weight of one Roadcruza RA 8000 tire in the 265/55 R20 size is approximately 20.9 kg, while my stock tires - Giti Control P10 255/55 R20 110W - weighed around 14.9 kg (again, according to the internet). All this negatively affects braking (which I'll talk about below), the long life of the suspension, fuel consumption, etc. If you google what "unsprung mass" is, any AI will quite accurately describe all the negative changes in the car.
In general, it's obviously harder for the car to move around the city on such tires than on highway tires.
This is also obvious, but since this is my first experience with this class of tires, I was under the illusion that it wouldn't be very noticeable. In the end, it's very noticeable.
- Increased braking distance. There's not much to say here. The additional weight on the wheels obviously affects the braking distance. The car (weighing 2 tons) became noticeably harder to brake. My wife was even afraid to drive on these tires alone at first. But overall, I wouldn't say that this point is critical. The car brakes worse, but it's still predictable braking. As an option, you could install a more powerful braking system.
- Increased fuel consumption. Also an obvious story due to the increased weight of the wheel. According to my on-board computer, switching from stock highway tires to Roadcruza RA 8000 in my mixed driving style cost me about 130 km of range with a full tank (95-98 gasoline) and driving until the low fuel level warning. And my full tank is 70 liters, by the way.
- Another minus is the speed limit of 160 km/h. Although I didn't drive above 140 km/h on these tires, the thought that I could have taken a regular AT and driven 190 km/h (conditionally) still doesn't leave my head.
In conclusion, the tire is not bad at all, but it's not for everyone (definitely not for me, for the reasons described above). For those who drive mostly city cars and are looking for a brutal look, think 10 times before deciding if you need it or not.
In general, you can find something less aggressive and not as noisy. There are many options on the internet.
For myself, I decided to change these tires to regular AT, and we'll see from there.
The tire didn't suit me only because of my own foolishness and naivety.
But I have to give it its due - the tire never let me down during the 4000 km I drove on it (I occasionally drove on it to places where sane people wouldn't go).
For tasks with rare trips to nature, such a tire is not needed at all.
For those who drive on fields, broken roads, mud, clay, gravel, and other terrain, this tire will probably be suitable.
I hope this helps someone not waste extra money when choosing off-road tires. Peace to all.
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